Are jazz reissues dead?

[monkboughtlunch]

There doesn't seem to be much activity from the big labels lately? Are there any upcoming CD reissues?

When was the last time Legacy put out a Columbia era jazz reissue?

[chris olivarez]

At the end of the year things generally grind to a halt at the labels. About three or four months into 2007 we should see what's shaking.

[Spontooneous]

Remember that the last round of Legacy reissues was afflicted with that awful copy-protection scheme that was so bad the discs had to be recalled. The financial loss from that means the bean counters won't be smiling on their jazz reissue program anytime soon.

Now that it's Sony/BMG, that screws up reissues from the RCA catalog too.

[Big Al]

Plus, look at the response around here to the last batch of RVG's. Two threads totalling five pages. Pretty tepid response for what I thought was one of the strongest batches in a year already packed with strong RVG releases.

[Brad]

Plus, look at the response around here to the last batch of RVG's. Two threads totalling five pages. Pretty tepid response for what I thought was one of the strongest batches in a year already packed with strong RVG releases.

Could be that most of us have most of them in one form or another. I certainly do.

[jazzbo]

I agree those were great batches!

I finally got caught up for the most part on them.

I guess I've cooled in talking about them because I get tired of reading about complaints about the sound. (I dig the sound!)

[Big Al]

I agree those were great batches!

I finally got caught up for the most part on them.

I guess I've cooled in talking about them because I get tired of reading about complaints about the sound. (I dig the sound!)

Good point.

[B. Clugston]

Jazz reissues are alive and well...in Andorra.

[Quincy]

Not dead, just resting. Like Chris said, it's just a dead time of year (even for new releases.)

There will be Conns sometime, and hats. I'm kinda curious what Columbia might release just because it seems to be a more mysterious process. Or maybe it's just Blue Note talk drowns it out.

Speaking of Blue Note, from other threads here's a reminder of what's coming RVG-wise:

February 2007 (6 RVGs)

Lou Donaldson - Lush Life (7 tracks)

Kenny Drew - Undercurrent (6 tracks)

Johnny Griffin - Introducing (bonus tracks) (8 tracks)

Duke Pearson - The Right Touch (bonus track) (7 tracks)

Horace Silver - You Gotta Take A Little Love (7 tracks)

Stanley Turrentine - The Spoiler (bonus track) (7 tracks)

March 2007

Donald Byrd - The Cat Walk (6 tracks)

Dexter Gordon - Clubhouse (6 tracks)

Andrew Hill - Compulsion (4 tracks)

Thad Jones - Detroit-New York Junction (5 tracks)

Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel (3 tracks)

Art Taylor - A.T.'s Delight (6 tracks)

[mikeweil]

Jazz reissues always were for specialists, especially those well done.

I reckon that reissues from the SONY/BMG vaults will be handled by Mosaic in the future.

I heard from some private source that Verve/Universal has something planned, but I'll believe it only when I hold them in my hands .....

Edited December 20, 2006 by mikeweil

[GA Russell]

I look forward to any good news from Verve. I read somewhere that they are making no plans to reissue CDs, and are devoting all of their efforts to getting the albums online for downloading.

[bertrand]

Is it too late to suggest to Michael Cuscuna that he could fit most of the material from Landslide onto the Clubhouse reissue? I think one track is already out there elsewhere, and the rest would fit. Then, all of DG would be in RVG status.

I wish this has come to me before.

If anyone can post the tracks and timings from Landslide and Clubhouse, that would be great.

Bertrand.

Edited December 20, 2006 by bertrand

[mikeweil]

Chronologically, the Landslide material would rather go with Dexter Calling - it was recorded before the Go / A Swingin' Affair sessions. Clubhouse is fine as it is, that Landslide material is not up to the level of Clubhouse. IIRC Leo Parker was supposed to be on these sessions, as a reunion of the roommates in the Eckstine band, but Parker died before the date - the shadow of his passing was all over Dexter, the way I hear him play ....

[Rooster_Ties]

Are jazz reissues dead?

Nah, they just smell funny.

[J Larsen]

Looking forward to Compulsion. If I'm remembering the details of the OOP Mosaic box correctly, that will mean that all of the material on the first six discs will be on the market.

[chris olivarez]

Are jazz reissues dead?

Nah, they just smell funny.

I was tempted to go that route but I decided to play it straight. Besides I didn't have the picture.

[Chuck Nessa]

They won't be dead 'til I get all my stuff out. Then it is over.

If the Sony and BMG series were really active we wouldn't see Mosaic singles. Universal is a crapshoot depending on the current person employed to exploit catalog. Currently looks like downloads from them.

[AllenLowe]

let's not forget about Devilin Tune - all four volumes out now -

[Peter]

Andrew Hill's Compulsion is very good news. It's the only material I'm missing from the Mosaic set.

[David Ayers]

Andrew Hill's Compulsion is very good news. It's the only material I'm missing from the Mosaic set.

It still leaves Sam Rivers' Involution waiting for a separate reissue though, I think.

[Nate Dorward]

Are jazz reissues dead?

Nah, they just smell funny.

Agh! That stupid quote keeps turning up!

Sorry, but I really get tired at the way it KEEPS GETTING QUOTED over & over. & while I like (some of) Zappa's music, it's hard to take some millionaire rock musician's sneering at jazz musicians.

[Ted O'Reilly]

[Claude]

Jazz reissues are alive and well...in Andorra.

Sad, but true.

In the jazz department of the FNAC in Brussels (the largest media store in the belgian capital), it's the latest Lonehill/Gambit/etc CDs that are featured in their new releases section most of the time, followed by the Blue Note RVGs.

Edited December 21, 2006 by Claude

[porcy62]

Plus, look at the response around here to the last batch of RVG's. Two threads totalling five pages. Pretty tepid response for what I thought was one of the strongest batches in a year already packed with strong RVG releases.

Could be that most of us have most of them in one form or another. I certainly do.

Exactly, there are no laws that punish people who don't have the latest re-re-re-re-master. Nowadays I find encomiable keeping in catalog lesser known titles, and the resurruction of obscure sessions.

Edited December 22, 2006 by porcy62

[jazzmonk]

Could those big labels do us a favour?